The armed forces on Friday continued to pursue terrorist groups in some neighborhoods of Aleppo and in its countryside, carrying out several operations resulting in heavy losses in personnel and equipment among terrorists.

A source at the province told SANA’s correspondent that in cooperation with local, an armed forces unit cleared al-Aqaba area in Aleppo’s Old City from terrorists, killing a large number of them.

An armed forces unit clashed with terrorists who were trying to enter Aleppo coming from Hreitan in Aleppo countryside, killing five of them and confiscating their weapons.

Another armed forces unit clashed with terrorists in the area of al-Sayyed Ali near al-Hatab Square in the city of Aleppo, killing 9 terrorists including one sniper, while yet another unit arrested a number of terrorists who tried to infiltrate into al-Hatab Square from a an adjacent neighborhood.

In Bustan al-Qaser, an armed forces unit carried out an operation resulting in the elimination of a number of terrorists.

Meanwhile, in al-Hazazeh neighborhood in al-Jdeida area in the city, security forces clashed with an armed terrorist group killing a number of terrorists, including two snipers, and repelled a terrorist group which was attempting to enter Maysaloun neighborhood, killing and injuring its members.

In Aleppo countryside, armed forces units targeted groups of terrorists and weapon storehouses in Qabtan al-Jabal and the villages of Sarrinand al-Arina, inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorists.

An armed forces unit carried out an operation on Raqqa-Aleppo highway near the thermal power station, targeting tens of terrorists who were attempting to enter the city, with the terrorists ending up dead or wounded.

Another armed forces unit carried out an operation against groups if terrorists in the towns of Kafr Hamra and Maarat al-Artik in Aleppo northern countryside, resulting in the deaths of several terrorists.